No-Action Letters by Proponent: 2014 Proxy Season |
Proponent |
No-Action Requests |
Accepted by SEC |
Denied by SEC |
Withdrawn |
Others |
Alex Friedmann |
1 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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Amalgamated Bank's LongView Large Cap 500 Index Fund |
1 |
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1
Compensation - CEO Pay Ratio |
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American Baptist Home Mission Society |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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Bartlett Naylor |
1 |
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1
Independent Chair |
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Bernice Schoenbaum |
1 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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Boston Common Asset Management |
1 |
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1
Environmental |
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C. Francois Swanepoel |
1 |
1
Independent Chair |
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Calvert Social Index Fund and the Calvert VP S&P 500 Index Portfolio |
2 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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Carol A. Reisen |
1 |
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1
Environmental |
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Central Laborers' Pension Fund |
1 |
1
Political Spending |
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Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc.; the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica; The Granary Foundation; the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (USA); Providence Trust; the School Sisters of Notre Dame, Central Pacific Province; C |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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Christopher Reynolds Foundation, the Unitarian Universalist Association and Friends Fiduciary Corporation |
1 |
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1
Lobbying |
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Christopher S. McElroy Irrev Trust U/A |
1 |
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1
Environmental |
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City of Philadelphia Public Employees Retirement System |
1 |
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1
Independent Chair |
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Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio and First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC. |
1 |
1
Political Spending |
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Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds |
1 |
1
Independent Chair |
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CtW Investment Group |
2 |
1
Lobbying |
1
Proxy Access |
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Dale Wannen |
1 |
1
Human Rights |
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Daniel Altschuler |
1 |
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1
Independent Chair |
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Daniel Ballin, Mia MacColin |
1 |
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1
Environmental |
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David Watt |
1 |
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1
Independent Chair |
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Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society ofthe Episcopal Church |
1 |
1
Human Rights |
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Domini Social Investments and The Green Century Equity Fund |
1 |
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1
Environmental |
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Donald Gilson |
1 |
1
Compensation |
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Elena Baum |
1 |
1
Environmental |
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Elton Shepherd |
2 |
2
Equity Compensation (2)
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Eric Rehm and Mary Geary |
1 |
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1
Majority Voting |
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Estella Salvatierra |
1 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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GE Stockholders' Alliance, the Leo A. Drey Revocable Trust and Olga P. Strickland |
1 |
1
Environmental |
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Harold G. Plog |
1 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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Harrington Investments, Inc. |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Pension Benefit Fund |
2 |
1
Equity Compensation |
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1
Equity Compensation |
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Jack and Ilene Cohen |
1 |
|
1
Compensation |
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James Diehl |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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James McRitchie |
4 |
1
Call Special Meeting |
2
Independent Chair (1) Proxy Access (1)
|
1
Call Special Meeting |
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James McRitchie and Myra K. Young |
4 |
3
Call Special Meeting (1) Majority Voting (1) Voting Rules (1)
|
1
Independent Chair |
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James Penzak |
5 |
5
Capital Structure (5)
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Jing Zhao |
1 |
1
Human Rights |
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John C. Harrington |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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John Chevedden |
19 |
11
Accelerated Vesting (1) Call Special Meeting (5) Independent Chair (2) Majority Voting (3)
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8
Equity Compensation (2) Independent Chair (3) Voting Rules (1) Written Consent (2)
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Joyce Loving |
1 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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Kenneth Steiner |
13 |
4
Call Special Meeting (1) Cumulative Voting (1) Director Independence (1) Equity Compensation (1)
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8
Call Special Meeting (1) Equity Compensation (1) Majority Voting (1) Written Consent (5)
|
1
Call Special Meeting |
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Leonid Zhevelyuk |
1 |
1
Capital Structure |
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Margot Cheel and Park Foundation, Harrington Investments Inc. on behalf of Sarah Nelson |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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Margrit Vanderryn |
1 |
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1
Political Spending |
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Margrit Vanderryn, Francine Allen and Vanderryn International Corporation |
1 |
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1
Environmental |
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Marie-Claude Hessler-Grisel |
1 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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Martin Harangozo |
1 |
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1
Cumulative Voting |
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Massachusetts Laborers' Pension Fund |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, the American Baptist Home Mission Society, Neva Goodwin, the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell New Jersey, the Needmor Fund and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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Myra K. Young |
2 |
2
Majority Voting (1) Written Consent (1)
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Nathan Cummings Foundation |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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National Center for Public Policy Research |
2 |
1
Political Spending |
|
1
Environmental |
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National Center for Public Policy Research and James Mackie |
1 |
1
Political Spending |
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Neal Renn |
1 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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Neil Maizlish |
2 |
1
Miscellaneous |
|
1
Miscellaneous |
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New York City Employees' Retirement System , the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund , the New York City Teachers' Retirement System , the New York City Police Pension Fund and the New York City Board of Education Retirement System |
1 |
|
1
Independent Chair |
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New York State Common Retirement Fund |
4 |
2
Compensation (2)
|
1
Environmental |
1
Lobbying |
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New York State Common Retirement Fund; Louise Rice; Sarah Nelson; Tamara Davis, John Silva and Shana Weiss |
1 |
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|
1
Miscellaneous |
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NorthStar Asset Management, Inc. Funded Pension Plan |
1 |
1
Political Spending |
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Pamela Morgan |
1 |
|
1
Environmental |
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Park Foundation |
1 |
1
Environmental |
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Patricia R. Sax |
1 |
1
Lobbying |
|
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Patrick Missud |
1 |
1
Lobbying |
|
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Peter W. Lindner |
1 |
1
Human Rights |
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Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order |
1 |
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1
Environmental |
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Qube Investment Management Inc. |
12 |
12
Compensation (2) Compensation - CEO Pay Ratio (8) Director Independence (1) Election of Directors (1)
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Richard A. Albert |
1 |
1
Miscellaneous |
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Robert Fredrich |
1 |
|
1
Mergers and Acquisitions |
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Roberto Rodriguez Velez, Chamir Highley Melendez, Jerom L. Garffer |
1 |
|
1
Capital Structure |
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Roy R. Sykes |
1 |
1
Equity Compensation |
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Seth Heald |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, et al. |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, The Needmor Fund, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, the Libra Fund and the Marianist Province |
1 |
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1
Miscellaneous |
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SNET Retirees Association, Inc. and Jane Banfield |
1 |
1
Compensation |
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Social Justice Fund Northwest |
1 |
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1
Employment Rights |
The Calvert Social Index Fund, The Calvert VP S&P 500 Index Portfolio and The Calvert Equity Income Fund |
1 |
|
|
1
Environmental |
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The Church Pension Fund and The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church |
1 |
|
|
1
Lobbying |
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The Firefighters' Pension System of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Trust |
1 |
1
Compensation |
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The National Center for Public Policy Research |
4 |
2
Miscellaneous (2)
|
1
Environmental |
1
Political Spending |
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The Needmor Fund, The Russell Family Foundation, Everence Financial on behalf of the Praxis Value Index Fund, Zevin Asset Management, LLC on behalf of the Janet Axelrod 1997 Revocable Trust, Ellen D. Goldberg, lzetta Smith and Anne B. Lawson |
1 |
|
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1
Environmental |
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The Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque Iowa |
1 |
|
|
1
Environmental |
|
The Sustainability Group of Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge |
1 |
|
|
1
Independent Chair |
|
Theodore Bernat |
1 |
1
Capital Structure |
|
|
|
Thomas Strobhar |
1 |
1
Human Rights |
|
|
|
Trowel Trades S&P 500 Index Fund |
1 |
|
|
1
Compensation - Gross-ups |
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UA W Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, Mercy Investment Services, Inc. and Catholic Health East |
1 |
|
|
1
Human Rights |
|
UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust |
1 |
1
Human Rights |
|
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Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, The Needmor Fund |
1 |
|
|
1
Lobbying |
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United Brotherhood of Carpenters Pension Fund |
4 |
2
Majority Voting (2)
|
1
Majority Voting |
1
Majority Voting |
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William C. Wardlaw, III; the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (USA); the Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas; the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica; the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia; Providence Trust and the Sisters of Charit |
1 |
1
Human Rights |
|
|
|
William J. Freeda |
1 |
|
1
Compensation |
|
|
William Steiner |
8 |
1
Accelerated Vesting |
6
Accelerated Vesting (1) Declassify the Board (1) Written Consent (4)
|
1
Accelerated Vesting |
|
Grand Total |
167 |
84
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41
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41
|
1
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